Baby proofing is your home baby proofed & what can I do to baby proof my place?

Do you have a $1 shop or Dollar Tree near your home? They have locks for your cabinets and drawers as well as electrical outlet socket plugs. That is the very important. But let me also say this. Children..especially toddlers are very ingenious! It didn't take my granddaughter long to figure out how to open the doors/drawers, even with the child locks on them! LOL So, you MUST put household cleaners up where they can not be reached. Or if you have a closet where they are kept, you can purchase an inexpensive chain lock at a hardware store. It attaches to the door and door frame with a simple phillips head screwdriver. Install it high enough where your niece cannot reach it. Then when she is there, keep it locked! I also suggest this on the bath room door. (Little ones love the toilets! LOL) Some things that many don't think about: My grandson LOVES to play with the toilet bowl brush. I have to hide it when they come over. He looks for it calling it his magic wand. I went and bought him a plastic toy wand at Walmart, but he still wants my toilet brush. Talk about disgusting and germy! Your broom and mop are inviting toys for sword play and stick horse riding. But they can also break lamps, and hit people in the head. Not to mention the germs hiding in the mop. The flyswatter is tempting because it makes cool noises when you slap it on hard objects. Also, make sure that cords from curling irons, hair dryers or kitchen cooking appliances like fryers and can openers that can potentially cut/burn her are within reach. Hope this helps some!

I do not have little ones in my home anymore. My babies are teens now. When my children were young, the best baby proofing i did was covering my electrical outlets. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

My house will soon be baby proofed. My son is only 3 months old so he hasn't started crawling yet. I will be putting plugs in all the outlets that I don't use, safety latches on all the cabinets, knob covers that require pushing in on the buttons to turn the handle, toilet lid locks so you have to push on the latch to open the toilet. I might be going a bit overboard but I really don't want my son to get out of the house or into chemicals or make a mess in the bathroom. Safety firt is generally a good brand to buy. The items aren't very expensive but to me it is well worth it to protect him.

When my daughter was little we had covers on all electrical outlets, latches on all the kitchen cupboards especially the knife drawer. We were very watchful around glass doors and made sure they were made out of reinforced glass which they usually are. When she started to walk we made sure there was nothing on the tables or benches that she could reach and tablecloths were out of the question for a while. I purchased a play pen and I used to place her in there whenever I had to hang laundry out etc, she was totally safe in there until I could watch her again. The best thing is supervision of course and beware of pots cooking on the stove, make sure the handles don’t stick out, I poured an entire pot of water on myself when I was two and it was a miracle that the water was still cool!

We considered about toys, furnitures and the utensils they used to eat with without sharp edges when our kids were younger. The few we have today do not have any. We worked hard to keep the floors clean and dry and put away things that could make them trip or fall over. If there was one place that we thought would be a real threat to their safety would be the kitchen. There was a little barrier we put to make the kitchen inaccessible. Most times, they were never left out of side. Anyway, babies should be seen and not heard.

You need to get socket guards and tie down all loose wiring in the house. You need to get child-proof mechanisms on your cupboard doors. You need to child-proof the stairs by adding railings/gates. And otherwise just keep sharp, hot, dangerous items out of reach and out of sight. This includes medicines and other prescribed articles. Hope you a safe and happy time! :)

I'm a terrible mom. I did not really babyproof my house when my daughter was that age. But there was something I always do. I make sure the doors have the door stoppers to ensure it does not slam shut suddenly because of strong winds. I has happened to some other kids before. The door slams shut and a digit from the finger needs to be reattached at the hospital. You also need to check your furniture, if they have sharp edges. Kids like to crawl under tables and stuff. My daughter loves to do that. She often bumps her head on the chair or table, but to me, it's all learning experience. You will notice that they will be more careful the next time they crawl under the table/chair. Now that my daughter is three. No matter what proof we have, she will find ways to get hurt...

Hiya apples, Most of your answers are down there but I am very careful when little children are around I don´t take my eyes off them for a moment if I am personally looking after them. I usually play some Game with them something easy and then sit at a distance watching them play by themselves so they can let their imagination fly. I always used to keep a cardboard box full of toys that were a bit outdated and they loved those much more than the others so that could be one thing you try. Keep them out of the Kitchen while you are not in it. Cookers with frying pans on are a no no anything in fact. Cleaning stuff really high up so they can´t get up there and leave no ladders around or stools that enable them to climb high either. Because they will use those to reach for whatever they see and like. All common sense stuff really. I never let them in the Kitchen or Bathroom unless I am there personally. In fact I keep an eye on them at a near distance so they don´t feel inhibited in their play. Sometimes I do put on a Dvd that might catch their eye and keep them in the Tv. Room most of the time.